The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

~lwo , THEATRE ROYAL DRUB Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, will be produced a Grand Stage Revival of Shakapere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. No pains or expense will be spared to render this presen tation of our National Author's most popular, and it may be said, most representative English Drama, a becoming Com memoration, in example, at the National Theatre, of the grandeur and comprehensive chancier of his genius. The cast will include impersonations by those eminent Artists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy. Mr. .A ddiso,,, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E. Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. (3. Delmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss ROSe Lecterns ofd an hMe rs. Edmund Ccm- Fal coner, supporte d by all the Member t Drury-lace an p . Tn y e new and character r. istic scenery will be entirely de • s i gn ed and painted by M William Beverey. The costnines, armour, ttc , will be fashioned MSS., by R. W. beene, Esq , tiken from illustrated of - the period, and other autnor.ties. Prece ded by a Transatlantic Extravaganza. by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled THE AL AB 1. NIA ' in which Mr. G. De l m ore and Miss Lydia Thompson Will appear___ EIEATRE ROYAL HAY NIA.RKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, March 28, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Ro2-,ers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c.; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, UHL Harris, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled V ENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, Hlil, Wright, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--, Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. :THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with, first time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING -ROOM, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, the 118th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle ~" Principal character by Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Term Miss E. Lavenn, Mrs. Lee, Mies Elsworthy. The Publii• are entreated to take notice that No Charge is snade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. rg HIV THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.-. Sole Proprietor and Manager. M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE BRETTY HORSE BREAKER : Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Woolgar. At 5, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Kiss H. Simms and Mrs. Biilington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Too!e, P. Bedford, it. Romer, Miss Wooigar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MI SS BAT E M A N.—LEAH.—EAbTER MONDAY and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonaticn of the Jewish ma , den until further notice. In order to give due effect to toil most remarkable succes; of the season, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and f,ons, and Thompson. New drcss:s and appointments have been prepared for its production.—N. Ls. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar rangements have now been made by which Seats may be ob tainel a Fortnight in Advance. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, wader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with Rank and Fashion.—The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening.—Re-engagement of those cele brated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews.—First time here of the popular Burlesque, by J. R. Planche, Esq., The Golden Fleece. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. J. L. Tole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. Every Evening, at 7, the favourite Farce of FORTY AND FIFTY: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buclangham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIMA*: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, first time here, THE GOLDEN FLEECE : Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss A. Ctsttrel , and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell Commence at 7. • R OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, a new Comedietta, A HUNT FOR A HUSBAND. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPFIEUS AND EURY DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. ;yIEiE THEEtD EDITION OF " THE SUN," JL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, psn be had Every Evening of G. EL GIANIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL 1., COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. --Ms. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. 'Pop 25s „ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep ....225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots,vggne:otbotqe Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, a Best Core Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. The Weather—Sun Office, March 28, 1864, THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock .. 48 Barometer-29.62. Wind—South-West ; moderate breeze, and hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 59,n.—Afternoon, sh. 16m. ro-moßitow.-Morning, sh. 86m.—Afternoon, sh. 54 n. l',ll tiFe „otiaLs 4jt -, 144tc1ui) .- .44,, 1, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1861. The Easter Vacation comes this season very much like the lull before the outbreak of a storm. It is already recognised as such upon both sides of the Channel. A cursory glance through the organs of public opinion bath in London and at Paris re veals even to a far less eagerly observant watcher of events than your professional poitician the prevalence just now of the impression that a party contest of the severest kind may be looked far, almost immediately the House of Commons shall have settled down again to serious business upon the re-assembling of the Legislature. It is not simply that the two great opposing Parties, the Inns and the Oats, the Government and the Opposition, the Liberals, so called, and the Cone servatives, are so very nicely balanced that the result of any great division upon a question vitally affecting the existence of the Cabinet, is left in the smallest degree doubtful. It is that the balance, clearly, noto riously, undeniably, lies on the wrong side, On the side, that is, opposed to the existing Administration. Discover any distinct question involving as its issue a vote of confidence or of no confidence in the present Cabinet, and the result is already patent by anticipation to everyone's apprehension. The difficulty before the Opposition has been hitherto the discovery of any such question presenting to them any such golden opportunity. To manufacture an opportunity of this kind would inevitably lay them open (their leaders have evidently felt this all along) to the charge of having degenerated into that favourite theme for Ministerial obloquy or Factious Opposition. Whenever either a Ministry or a Parliament has reached that period when it comes naturally to be called in House of Commons slan g moribund—th en you m ay be quite certain upon one point, that whatever adverse move is initiated, so to speak, by the Oppoe b i t i o a, not by the regular course of events but by the opposition, will at once be regar d e d f rom the 3linisterial side of the House as the signal for raising a furious outcry, repeated and re peated usq ue ad nauseam of—" Factions Opposi tion," A s it happens — the word moribund is P • this moment clearly applicable at one and same time to the Ministry a re au to the Parl the ia ment. To both of them together ! The Cabinet has as via i n i y as pessible just nearly " ttch t' a - the very end of its tether. The Pdlliat neat, as Parliaments have gone since the date of the Reforla sill, has arrived at a tolerably ad, vanced period o f existence. In the natural course of things it may look, after no very extended interval, t(;) the striking of the hour of its dissolution. The supporters of the Ministers are alienated from them long ago to a lamentable extent. One after another the principal members of the Cabinet have fallen into disfavour. Several of the ministers not actually having seats in the Cabinets are among the most unpopular men in the House of Com mons, among the most unpopular men there even to the House itself. In this re3pect, in deed, we should be disposed to imagine that Mr. ROBERT LowE might claim precedence, among all competitors for the distinction, as the most nn• popular. He can never make a single move in his own particular department without exciting the ani mosity not only of a crowd of individual members sitting upon both sides of the House of Commons, but it might be said with no one particle of exaggeration while saying it, without wounding the amour propre and arousing the keen and excited anta gonism of large and influential classes of his fallow countrymen. The Home Secretary has long been noticeable both within and with out the walls of Parliament for his perverse pertinacity in the way of blunderin g. He seems to be nearly incapable of acting as an Ad ministrator without evidencing while so doing some flagrant error of judgment. The First Lord of the Admiralty, it may be said, never was popular—from the first moment of the existence of the Administration. The Indian Secretary has been running counter within the same interval of nearly five years continuance to the opinions of almost all those whose views upon matters affecting our Indian Empire is of the smallest value whatever. And, as a matter of course, he has by so doing, been running as directly contrary all the while to public opinion as well. The Foreign Secretary— well, we all know what his popularity has come to be! As a Reformer he has thrown up his cards altogether. He has acknowledged the game to have been played out. He has taken as his device that lotos eaters' maxim of Rest and be Thankful. As a diplomatist he is an object of indifference and yet vexation abroad, of disquiet and profound dis appointment at home. With regard to the greatest rhetorician of his age—reference being h?re made, it is almost unnecessary to say, to the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exche. chequer—his consummate abilities as a debater, his in many respects unrivalled powers as a master of oratory have stooa him in such good stead as an orator, as a debater, that there is hardly a man in the House who can, in rising to address Mr. Speaker—at °ace, upon the instant, by the very sound, as it were, of his once persuasive voice— excite upon all sides so many or such bitter antagonisms. The great popular Prime Minister even, Lord PALMERSTON himself, has con trived at length to become so compromised by one or another of his colleagues that never perhaps in the whole of his caree r has he been known to speak so indifferently, in plain words, to cut so exceedingly sorry a figure as upon the very last occasion of any import ance of his opening his lips in the House of Commons before the adjournment of the House over this Easter recess, when the Pre mier, acting upon the impulse of such a very ex travagance of magnanimity, stood forth Quixotically in defence of the intimate friend and associate of the adviser and instigator of the intending assassin GALLENGA. Such, in brief, is the situa tion of some among the chiefs of the Ministry now awaiting the announcement of its future for good or evil, almost immediately, we may rest assured, after the renewal of the sittings of the Legislature at the close of these Easter holidays. Another melancholy case has been added to the losg list of deaths from cold and privation during the present season. That list is already too long for our wealth, for our humanity, for our elaborate poor law system; and feelings of shame, regret, and in dignation have been excited in tho public mind by their painful disclosures. Official neglect, under paid labour, and similar causes have been the real murderers, and each tragedy in turn, whether of the poor widow who could not work fast enough to gain a living out of her miserable earnings, or of the unhappy creature who was found a few days ago dying of typhus on a door step, with the story as yet undisproved on his lips, that he slept at a workhouse the night before, and consequently had been sent out into the streets to shift for himself. The case which has taken place within the last week has, however, some peculiarly distressing features, showing that inhumanity is not confined to union officers, and revealing a degree of quiet and apparently undeserved suffering that is most painfnl to hear. It seems that JOHN MYERS, a dock labourer, 42 years of age, and of very sober habits, was found dead on the floor of his room, on Mon day morning last, his death, according to the ver dict of the jury, being caused by inflammation of the lungs, accelerated by exposure, want of clothing and necessaries. Such a case is unhappily not so un common as it ought to be, but the most shocking part of the case remains to be told. The poor man. had, it seems, been unable to work for the last five months, whether from illness or from not getting employment is not stated. For four of these I months the rent of his room was in arrears. The landlord, judging him unable to pay the sum due, was resolved to turn him out, but Mver.s, it seems, would not go. He probably did not know where to go to, and shared the horror of "the house" so common among the poor. Determined, however, to get rid of so profitless a tenant the landlord, whose name was ROBY —it deserves honourable mention for his original and humane idea—instructed a man to take the window out and the door off its hinges. This was done,lit must be remembered, in the cold weather some three or four weeks ago, and the severe snow storm which followed must have been hailed by Mr. ROBY es a potent auxiliary, on the principle that the Russian commander-in chief styled January and February his best genes rale. However, the plan, although ingenious, failed. The poor sinking and exhausted creature still clung to his old habitation till one night his groans attracted the attention of his fellow lodgers below. A man and his wife who occupied the room underneath went up, although, as the man quaintly said in evidence, " they did not know him." Certainly it was no time to stand upon the ceremonies of introduction. A IYEscs was lying on a small piece of flock on th e , fl oor, with a sheet for his only covering. A table a n d a broken chair were the only articles of furniture in the room, from which the shivering occupant had tried ineffectually to keep nut the bitter winds by fas tening up two little pieces of calico to the empty window frame. Ho had not had any food, he said, since the previous Fridey, and it was then Sunday afternoon, 4.• liberality so s e o ne other lodger, with the suffer,— -omen among the poor, offered the some food, which he could not take, and some tea, and in answer to his pitiful complaint of "It's very cold here with the window out," he brought him a coat to throw over him. MYERS asked the woman to go for a parish order, but as it was Sunday she could not get it. Early the next morning, as we have seen, he was found lying dead on his floor, soon to be exchanged for a resting place which no one need b egrudge him. There are I several questions suggested by this melancholy nar rative which are not very easily answered. In the first place, why is there such a horror of the Work house among the decent poor, that rather than enter its doors they will undergo such cruel priva tions. The harsh repulse, the poor food, the strict regulations do not deter the vagrant or worthless paupers who want a place of shelter for the winter; but when the industrious sober man, from some of those calamities from which neither king nor beggar are exempt, is unable to procure food, medicine, or shelter, why is it that, with all our cumbrous and costly appliances, he dies for want of them. How is it, coming to a minor point of detail, that parish medical orders are not obtainable on Sunday. Most assuredly death and disease are not obedient to the rules of the guardians, neither will they wait the convenience of relieving officer or parish apothecary. This inquiry is more easily answered than the broad general question, and we may therefore hope for some solution of it. But the parish authorities are not the parties to blame in this case. The fault lay with the poor man him self, with his neighbours who never took the trouble to inquire into the matter, and, above all, with the landlord. For twelve months MYERS had occupied his room, for eight of those months he had paid his rental of ls. 3d. a week. Since the most casual inspection might have satisfied him that the arrears were the result of poverty, and not of dis honesty, why did not the landlord apply to the parish authorities, and have the case properly attended to. No doubt the poor man told his own story of illness and incapacity for work ; the very workman who was sent to remove the door and window could have testified to the truth of it. But whether one man more or leas died, what did it matter ? His pound of rent was a much more serious thing, and accordingly it was his intention, if the window and door did not do their work, to have the flooring taken up. It would surely have been more rational and more economical to have applied to the police magistrate, or the relieving officer, than to the carpenter. A woman, it seems, managed the letting of the rooms, but she said it was by Mr. ROBY'S orders that the door w as taken down. How far she is responsible for the cruelty and the neglect of the proceedings we cannot say. We can only regret that the jury did not express the indignation which they felt in their verdict. Bat Mr. RoBY is probably well satisfied. He has won the day, he has carried the siege—the besieged party being literally " starved out." Truly things have come to a' pretty pass in this our Christian England, and yet we may thank our Night Refuges and Asylums that such cases are not multiplied by hundreds. In spite of commercial prosperity and increasing wealth, in spite of the well-fed convict and pampered felon, the honest poor may still too often exclaim, in the words of HOOD'S pathetic apostrophe—. "Oh GOD 1 that bread shluld be £0 dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I" The King of Prussia's reply to the Conservative address is a very characteristic one; and as one peruses it the mind recalls the unhappy conten tions and endless strifes which distracted the in ternal condition of Prussia during the past year. King WILLIAIf still attempts to play the martyr, and with well-feigned virtuous indignation he de claims against those who occasion the disaffec tion that disturbs him. Thus we read that " In dustrious efforts have been made to confuse the people." Can anything be more absurd than this. It is true that efforts have been made, but by the Ministers of the Crown under the sanc tion and with the universally acknowledged ap proval of the King. It cannot be said that the people were confused exactly by their doings, but they were grieved and disappointed in the extreme at the sudden lots of confidence which they felt in their rulers. King WILLIAM is aware of the fine he will have to pay for his dearly cherished scheme of absolutism, for he describes in this dis course the withdrawal of his people's love and con fidence as the "heaviest sacrifice that can be laid upon a Sovereign." It is all very well to carry out the purport of the paragraph to go on to declare that ho is always endeavouring to establish and secure that welfare. The expression of such senti ments sounds well in an address or a reply, but we who can see behind the Booties, and behold things from afar with their bold, outlines dis played, not troubling oursell;es about the minor adjuncts, are pretty `':ell satisfied that when Monarchs seek to extend their power beyond th e verge of cone: - itutional limits, and Ministers in th e Plenittla:e of their zeal seek at all hazards to carry out she royal desires, the welfare of the people is put quite on one side. It may be taken as an un erring test that when rulers and authorities speak overmuch concerning the intensity of their nolici tude for the well-being of their subjects, micehief is brewing somewhere. Profession and prac tice are very different things, and a melan choly illustration is now being exemplified in Prussia. The King next goes on to announce his satisfrction at the " joyful revulsion" that has taken place. It is to be questioned if this delight may not be very questionable in the long run ; but, at 411 events, now it is a certified thing, an acknow ledged fact, and King WILLIAM makes the most of it. The army comes in for its share of compliments, and this praise is accorded with a . willing hand, and, doubtless, the appreciation of its merits springs quite es much from the opportune assistance it has rendered in dispersing the enemies at home as in gaining triumphs abroad. The sense of injustice, the hatred of oppression, and the determination to vindicate their rights which so distinguished the Prussians last year, and which called forth the admiration and attracted the sympathy of Europe, is now lost sight of, when the victims are to be others and not themselves. This is not as it should be, and goes far to neutralise all the good feelings and kind interest that were being expressed in this country. The strange fact is, however, that the KING does not want to make out that all is pro misiag. He passes over this present period, and takes a perspective glance at the time when war must merge in peace. Of this era he does not seem sanguine, nor can he refrain from giving utterance to his gloomy prognostications. 'f When this is past, it is not impossible that we shall encounter times such as we have known for two years." This is encouraging, certainly; the most vehement opponent of the BISMARK faction, the most bitter satirist of the policy that reigns supreme in the Berlin Cabinet, could hardly have uttered a more startling warning, or indulged in a more sinister propheoy. It is most probably a very sapient re mark, but it is not a statement which bears out its own professions, in so far as regards the tone and temper of the Loyal Address. A King who has the interest of his people at heart now enjoys the esteem which he deserves, and meets the respect he merits, because the people are dazzled and delighted with the successes of their armies in prosecuting an urgent war with cruel, arduous, and misguided zeal. When, however, this season is past, all that can be looked for is a recurrence to the tur moils that disgraced the public condition and dis tracted the private existence of the kingdom. If this is to be all that can result from so much time, trouble, and expense, King WILLIAM may well ex claim, in the words of a wiser king than any that 'ever sat on a Prussian throne, "All is vanity and vexation of spirit. " The concluding paragraph in THE htlN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1864. the reply is not based on a very solid foundation. The KING hopes for a time when they shall all be united, and then he will see " who will dare to undertake anything against Prussia." It may be then, and not till then, for the prospects now look ing in the distance are not so smilicg and encourAg ing as well-wishers could desire, or earliest devotees to their country demand. Finally, it would seem, that this speech of the King of PRUSSIA does not betoken much reliance, on his part, as to the safetj or serenity of the future . , and if the present is favour ably contrasted with the past, it is not said that the satisfactory will prevail over the gloomy for any length of time. It is very certain that King WIL• LIAM'S persistent zfforts to remodel the Constitution have not as yet brought in their train peace, pros perity, or honour, and if the prophecies uttered in this discourse are at all verified the latter end will be even more disheartening than the commence ment. Art Gossip. Mr. MILLAIS, it is said, will send several paintings to the Royal Academy, one, it is whispered, is a continuation of "My First Sermon," showing the result of a three hours' discourse of soporific tendencies. Mr. FAED'S picture is taken from "Auld Robin Gray"— " He was father, mother, and a' things to me." Mr. SANT has "Dick Whittington Listening to the Story of the Bells," and portraits of Lord Raglan's son, of Lord Braybrooke's hazel-eyed little girl, and of the late Lord Herbert's daughter. Mr. ARMYTAGE has chosen a sacred theme, "Ahab and Jezabel." M. FLANDIN, the French artist who painted the portrait of Prince Napoleon, which was in the International Exhi bition, is recently deceased. M. G nizot is about to publish an answer to Renan's " Vie de Jesus." The title of M, Guizot's book is to be " Jeans Christ." THE PLOT OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS'S NEW NOTEL, " Our Mutual Friend," it is rumoured, will relate to some of the incidents of the late Roupell case. TENNYSON'S NEW WORK will not appear just yet, according to a statement put forth by a contemporary. It will be a small book, containing only one poem— " Enoch the Fisher•.nan"--which has been in print more than a twelvemonth, the author's fine critical taste being not quite satisfied. It being, in fact, one of the secrets of the Laureate's success, that he does not hurry before the public. THE GRAND SEAL OF THE MEXICAN EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN is being engraved at Briinn. AMERICAN STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.—The man Company's steamer Ciy of New York, Captain Kennedy, from New York ol the 19th instant, is due at Queenstown to-morrow ; and the Cunard steamer Austral asian, Captain Cook, from flew York on the 23d, is ex pecten to arrive at Queenstovn in the course of Saturday next. SAYINGS BANKS.—Fron a Parliamentary return issued on Saturday it appears that the total amount of interest credited to savings banks on the capital sums in vested with the commissioners in the year ending Nov, 20, 1863, was £1,309,719 113 6d. The amount of interest ac tually paid during the same reriod was £11,678 4s Id. From Palm Sunday to Good Friday, both in• eluded, the fragments of the true cross, the crown of thorns, and one of the nails used at the cruc;fixion of our Saviour, have been exposed to the veneration of the faith ful at the entrance to the choi:. of Notre Dame. The relics are shown in a new reliquary of silver-gilt, made at the ex pense of the Chapter. On thee high-backed Byzantine chairs, placed on a salver, are seated St. Louis, wearing a crown set with rubies and emeralds, St. Helena with the laoly cross, and Baldwin It., Emperor of Constanti.. nople. These three figures wear the costume of the middle-ages, and aro well executed in silver, Over their heads is a kind of canopy resting on the backs of the chairs and richly ornamented with diamonds and turquoises. From the centre of the canopy rises a column surmounted by a lactern of rock crystal, round which are grouped the statues of the Twelve Apostles, with intervals between them, so asto leave visible the crown of thorns inside, over which is the royal crown of St. Louis set with rubies, emeralds, and pearls. This reliquary cost the Chapter 53,000 francs, exclusively of the diamonds and precious stones, estimated at 200,000 f, One of the diamands is of itself valued at 11,000 f. Another reliquary contains the largest known fragment of the true cross, en closed in a rock crystal crucifix, supported by two angles. Below the cross is the holy nail in a crystal cross.—Galig trani. SINGULAR CAPTURE OF , A MURDERER.—The French brig Jeanne et Joseph has just arrived at Havre from Nagasaki, in Japan, with an assorted cargo of porcelain, tea, and about 200 bales of cotton. This is the first vessel that has arrived at Havre direct from that coun • try. A remarkable incident occurred on board the Jeanne et Joseph whilst at Nagasaki. A man, who gave his name as Ratley, and pretended to be an Irishman, engaged a passage at Shanghai for Japan. The captain thought it c s F t or r ue a nn n tc g rh e y l t vy h ei a ns tssee vessel nnpo whilerport English fto hr e the e a nws same s mr h e e o u md l e dal, many ieynma shipsbt i a o rk n: a o o u n b f dh io o sn a r o d awr n a . riving at Nagasaki he invited him to go on shore with his papers to the French Consul's office in order that his name might be regularly inscribed on the ship's log. The stranger in reply urged that he was ill and could not go. This refusal increased the suspicions of the captain, who also remarked that the man always concealed himself when any European came on board. The captain then desired the mate to pro pose to the stranger to go on shore for a run in the evening, so that the man should not have a pretext for declining to go to the consul's office on the following day. The stranger consented, and accompanied the mate to a coffee-hodse, whore he was at once recognised, by a woman who had his photographic portrait, as a murderer named Buckley, who had shortly be!ore killed an American captain at Shanghai, and was also accused of other crimes in California. The man, seeing that he was identified, sud denly left the cafe, and returned on board the ship. The captain, on hearing what had taken place, had the passen ger watched all night, and sent word to the French consul that steps might be taken for his arrest. The next morn • ing, the man being requested to go on shore with the cap tain, again refused, but seeing that he would be forced to do so, at last consented to proceed to the consul's office. He was there placed under arrest and searched, when a loaded revolver was found on him. He was asked if he wished to apply to the English consul, but he declined. He was put in prison, and a few days after confessed that he was Buckley.— Cralignani. A HUNDRED YEARS TOO LATE.--When, in 1764, one of the earliest friends of the Newcastle Chronicle sent for insertion the following advertisement, he little dreamt over how long a space of time responding applications would be made :—" Wanted, a middle-aged woman (who has been a servant in genteel families, and can be well recommended for her honesty), to take care of a single gen tleman's house in the country. She must undertake cook ing and setting out the table. A gardener is also wanted, who, having but a small garden to take care of, will bo ex pected to assist occasionally in the house or stables. If a man and wife can undertake the above places, provided they are not inoumbered with children, it will bo more agreeable. Apply to the printer of this paper." Yesterday, in celebration of the centenary of the Chronicle, we distri • buted among our subscribers reprints of No. 1, first pub lished on the 24th of March, 1701; and of the nine and twenty advertisements which it contained, the foregoing stood at the head. The sheet had not been reissued many hours, when a respectable, worthy-looking couple, entering the publishing-office, and, advancing to the counter, inno cently inquired the address of the "single gentleman I" All the establishment was at fault. Its "oldest inhabitant" could not remember the name of the advertiser. The rustic bachelor was u n known, No a ccount stood against him in the books o f th e office. Time had written over him Ron est. He was clean gone—he, hi s genteel house and smell gar den —all were forgotten. And the honest applicants who offered themselves so unexpectedly in answer to his call were apprised, to their astonishment, that they were 100 years too l a te,—Newcastle Chr onicle. The Civil Tribunal has j ust g iven j udgment in an action brought by IVIIII. Hirschfeld, Peraire, and Co., leather-cloth manufacturers, of London and Pans, against the Western Railway Company to recover 10,000 fr. damages under the following circumstances :—The Ang,lo - Leather -Cloth Company, of London, some time since commenced proceedings against the plaintiffs in the English Court of Chancery relative to a trade mark, and Mr, Lorsont, the manager of the company, came over to Pails to procure evidence in support of the company's suit. Wishing to ascertain the quantity of goods sent by Hirsch feld and Co. from London to Paris, he applied at the custom house, and Northern and Western Railways. The first two refused to satisfy his curiosity, but ho learned from a clerk of the Western Railway the du'ies and value of certain Packages which have been sent by that line. Hirschfeld and Co., thinking this communication made to a rival alto gether unjustifiable and calculated to injure their interests, commenced the present proceedings. The counsel for the Western Railw y Company opposed the demand on the ground that•the plaintiffs could not produce a single docu ment emanating from the company. He also explained that the information had been inadvertently gi ven b y a clerk under the impression that Mr. Lorsont was connected with the firm of Hirschfield and Co., but that the intelli gence given was of so Wiling a nature that it could not possibly do them any injury. The demand for damages was therefore inadmissible. The tribunal, after taking cog nisance of the information given by the defendant's clerk de cided that as it consisted onlyef the dates and declared value of the goods sent, without giving the names of the plaintiff' s customers, it could not do them any injury, and that the demand for the damages must therefore be rejected with coats. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE SIEGE OP DUPPEL. PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, GRAVENSTEIN, MARCH 28 (Morning). The outposts of the enemy's left wing were driven in to-day behind their entrenchments. Th© outposts of the brigade Riven have en trenched themselves within 500 paces of the works, a short but sharp engagement taking place. A heavy fire of grape and shell was kept up by the enemy from his entrenchments. The Prussians had 20 men wounded, among whom were Lieutenants Eckardstein and Sismund of the regiment of the body gunrd. Thirty prisoners were token, EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria, dated March 18, says ; The Bairam was held by the Viceroy at the citadel in Cairo on the 9th. The main streets leading from the Eybekeyals were admirably kept by the Turkish police, and no accident occurred. The scene at the citadel, without any great display of troops, was imposing, and a great concourse of Europeans was present to congratulate his High ness on the occasion of the festival. The holyday was not kept long, and the Viceroy was soon attending to business with his usual assiduity. Various new schemes are formed or in preparation; among them two nigh akin—an Egyptian company, styled the " Societe Agricele at Industrielle." with a capital of four millions ster ling, whose statutes have been submitted to Ismail Pasha, and have received his sanction by especial decree; Its object is to supply the natives, whether individually or collectively in villages, with the machinery which they may require ; allowing them a period of years to pay off the cost by annual instalments; to establish workshops for effecting necessary repairs; to plant powerful pumping engines at the mouths of the irrigation canals, so as to keep them always full, whereas in summer they now run dry, and along their banks to put other smaller engines to raise the water to the different estates in the quantities to which they are respectively entitled :—in a word, to assist the fellah in improving his system of agri culture and extending the area of cultivation. The other is an English company, with a capital of £2,000,000 sterling; the promoters I understand are eight :Manchester houses. The intention is also to furnish steam ploughs, pumps, cotton gins, &c. ; to erect at Alexandria great workshops for the repairs not only of land but als3 of marine engines ; to establish cotton ginning establishments, flour mills, and oil seed crushing mills, brick and tile factories ; and to execute orders for the pur chase and shipment of cotton and other produce. There will be ample scope for both, as, while one will address itself especially to the natives, and work incalculable good, the other looks chiefly to the Europeans, and will find full employment. To the fleets of fine screw steamers, always in port, it will afford great convenience and economy, by pro viding them with anything defective in their en gines, and enabling them speedily to resume their voyages. An extraordinary revolution is rapidly proceed ing in this country. Europe has finally under stood the immense future of Egypt, and is eager to develope her yet budding resources. Every steamer is pouring a new population and a golden stream on our shoree ; energy and capital are taking pos. session of the land, and urging it forward in the path of civilisation and wealth. Not only are the cities of Alexandria and Cairo receiving so great an influx of inhabitants that, although whole quarters are ris ing on every side, house room is still insufficient, and rents are always increasing; but the inland towns and villages are overrun, and factories with high chimneys and long lines of black smoke cut the clear sky of our fiat landscape through the length and breadth of Lower Egypt. Gradu ally, but surely, the tide is creeping upwards, and will soon people the shores of the Thebaid. Englishmen, lam glad to say, are not behind in the race, and their numbers must always increase in a corresponding ratio to the amount of machinery employed. The effect of all, this is telling on the natives. I late!y heard that Halim Pasha, in conversing with his farm labourers, had found the intellect of the lads who have grown up since the introduction of the new mechanical ap pliances was greatly in advance of that of the men who had reached manhood under the former primitive system of cultivation, when the ox was the all in all to the fellahs. The Viceroy has also expressed his conviction that, although the cattle murrain has been a grievous present calamity, it will confer a lasting benefit, by compelling the adoption of an improved system, which will civilise his people while enriching them. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 26.—The market has been rather firmer, end in the business done, which is still very limited in amount, a slight improvement in prices has taken place. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 15c. Mobilier have also advanced to 1,058 f. 75c. Railway Market quiet, but with previous quotations pretty well maintained. The market continued firm to the end, and closed as fol lows : 41 per Cents. 93 10 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 15 Credit Mobilier 1057 50 Do. end month 1057 50 Bank Shares 3300 Credit F °lacier 1295 Roman Italian Loan 6B Do. end month 6B New ditto ...... Do. end month — - RUSBi an Austrian Spanish Threes.,., 51 75 Home Debt Deferred - UA IL WATS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOO5 1C,06 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian 955 75 .. 955 - 900 - - - 661 25 .. 622 50 525 - - 478 75 .. 480 - 368 75 .. 368 75 408 75 .. 408 75 543 75 .. 548 75 4;io .. 490 - Lorn bard North of Spain Saragossa — Ditto to .Barcelona LIFEBOAT SERVICES. SCARBOROUGH, Sunday Night. The lifeboat of the National Institution stationed at this port was the means, this morning, of rescuing one man from the stranded smack Howard of Grimsby, J. Cooper, fitted for the Iceland fishery, The smack was at anchor just outside the Outer Buoy, when, about 11.45 a.m., she began to drag her anchor, owing to the surf that was breaking round her. A few minutes afterwards she struck, and knocked her rudder off. It seems that the master and all the crew, with the exception of one man, were on shore. The lifeboat was manned and launched, and took off the man. The smack i. now covered with water, and will probably become a complete wreck. The cost of this lifeboat was the gift to the National Institution of Mrs, Cockroft, of Scarboro'. The last remaining of the County Shipwreck Associations, viz., that in Lincolnshire, has resolved on uniting itself to the National Lifeboat Insti- tution. Ale sander Kay, Esq., of Glasgow, has decided on pre. senting to the National Institution £4OO, to pay th,e cost of a lifeboat and transporting carriage, to be stationed at Gir van, on the Ayrshire coast. Gra tt progress is making with the Clifton Bridge, the road way being rapidly laid. A STUNtGEON CAUGHT AT ROTHERBITHE,—On Saturday .morning, about half-past six, as a man named Perca val, the foreman of the labourers at Acorn wharf, Rother hithe, was at work on one of the barges lying off the wharf, I.is attention was drawn to the ducal fin of some large fish which was above the surface of the water, A. boathook was at band, and with the assistance of that and a rope, together with the crane on the wharf, he succeeded in landing what turned out to be a very fine sturgeon. It measured 7ft. 2in., and weighed lcwt, 111 b. In the course of the day it was taken to the Mansion-house and presented to the Lord Mayor. A NEW BLIGHL—A new kind of blight has just made its appearance in Italy, It attacks orange and lemon trees, young ones especially, It manifests itself under tha lanai of a kind of sore, if we may use that expression ; a pungent icier 00/426 out of it; and in course of time the plant withers and dies. No remedy hes as yet been found for this diso4se,--Gatignani, AMERICA. - - - (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Per the Canada.) NEW YORK, March 15 (Evening). General Halleck has been relieved from his duty as General-in-Chief, and has been appointed Chief of the Staff in Washington. Lieut.-General Grant has been appointed to the command of the armies of the United States, with his head-quarters at Washington or in the field. General Shermln hss been appointed to command the departments of Cumberland, Ohio, Tcnnessee, and Arkansas. General Sherman's plan of campaign contem plated the capture of Selma, but the failure of Smith's cavalry to co-operate prevented him from proceeding beyond Meridian. Bishop Poll: has issued an order declaring Gen. Sherman's campaign to Inve terminated inglori ously, and stating that he was forced to leave the &id with the loss of men, arms, and artillery. General Sherman has arrived at New Orleans to consult with General Banks. Expeditions are preparing at Vicksburg, New Orleans, and Little Rock for a co-operative move ment against Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Trans- Mississippi region. General Longstreet has mounted (P) his forces, and it is reported that he will proceed to North Carolina. The Free State Government has been publicly inaugurated at New Orleans with imposing cere monies. The wife of General Beauregard has died in that city. At the funeral a peat public demon stration of sympathy was made. In Kentucky the Governor has protested against the enlistment of slaves, declaring that he will carry out the State laws against per . sons taking slaves without the consent of their owners. The steamer Mary Ann has been captured off Wilmington. On the 29th ult. the steamers Fanny and Syren arrived at Nassau from Wilmington. The ship Star of the West, which has arrived here, reports meeting an Italian frigate in a sinking condition on the 7th inst. The Star of the 'Nest consented to lay by her all night. After 11 o'clock the frigate ceased replying to the signals, and in the morning she had disappeared. She is supposed to have been the Re Galantuomo. The Jura and the Hansa have arrived out. Money easier. Gold, 601 per cent. premium. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 175 ; on Paris, 3 171; Stocks very firm ; New York Centrals, 136 k; Iliinois Centrals, 137 ; Erie, 1231; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 112. Petroleum, crude, 32c. to 33c.; refined, 51c. to .52e. NEW YORK, March IS (Morning). President Lincoln has cAlled for 200,000 more men to be raised by April 15, when the draft for the deficiency will be made. Colonel Kilpatrick asserts that Dahlgren's in structions were to capture President Davis and kill him if he attempted to escape. Public property only was to be destroyed in Richmond. (By Telegraph to Halifax.) NEW YORK, March 17 (Afternoon). It is reported that the Confederates have cap tured throe Federal regiments at Yazoo City. General Johnston has advanced his artillery from Dalton to Ringgold. The Governor of Kentucky has urged the people to take legal measures for the redress of grievances. The Arabia and Edinburgh have arrived out. NEW YORK, March 17 (Evening). Both Houses of Coogress have passed the bill authorising Secretary Chase to sell the surplus of gold in the Treasury with the amendment that the obligation to create a sinking fund according to the Act of February, 1862, shall not be impaired. Admiral Farragut has withdrawn the fleet from before Mobile. The army of General Banks is moving, but its destination is not„known. A large Federal fleet, with 30 transports, is at .he mouth of the Red River. Money easy. Gold has fluctuated during the week between 60 and 63, and is now quoted 611 per cent. prem. The price has not been materially affected by the passage of the Gold Bill. Exchange on London—binkers' bills, 176 ; on Paris, 3 15. Stocks firm and advancing ; New York Centrals, 137 ; Illinois Centrals, 1371; Erie, 1234 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1111. Cotton dull— middling upland, 74c. Flour heavy. Wheat de clining. Corn nominal. Provisions quiet. Coffee steady. Sugar and molasses quiet. Petroleum dull—crude, 30c. to 311-,c.; refined, 48c. to 491 c. MEXICO. (Per the CAnada.) NEW YORK, March 15 (Evening). Advices from Mexico by way of Havana are to the Ist inst. The French had occupied Zaccateas. Juarez had refused to resign. Yucatan had declared for the French, and Vinurri had pronounced against Juarez. The French had capturA a Mexican steamer with despatches for Juarez. The Royal Mail Steamship Canada, from Boston on the 16th and Halifax on the 18th, arrived at Queenstown on Sunday, March 27, at 5 p.m. She brings 52 passengers, and 225 dollars in specie. She landed 169 sacks mails, telegrams, &c., and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.20 p.m. All well. The Canada expe.rienced easterly winds through- out her passage. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 28. The screw steamer Saint Andrew, from Portland, on the 27th March, arrived here at 5.30 a,m, to-day. She landed the mails and 18 passengers, and pro ceeded for Livenpool at 6 a.m. Her news has been anticipated. THE REF RESENTATION OF CHA THABL—The Chatham News announces that when Sir Frederick Smith retires from the representation of, that borough, Colonel R. Clement Moody, R E., lately Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, and who has lately succeeded General Twiss as Commanding Royal Engineer for the district, will enter the field as a Liberal Conservative. Mr. Otway, the Liberal candidate, is about to take up his residence at New Brompton, DETECTION OF A BAND OF A HUNDRED ROBBERS AND MURDERERS IN THE MORMON TERRITORY.— The Great Salt Lake City correspondent of the _Yew York Herald, writing on Feb. 7, says :—" The last express from • Bannock City has just arrived, and set our mining popula tion in a ferment with the startling intelligence that an orga nised band of 100 robbers and murderers had been discovered in the eastern portion of Idaho, and that some of them had been arrested and had confessed to the murder of about 100 persons between this city and Bannock during the last few months. The mining districts—Bannock, Virginia, and Stinking Water—were aroused, and had initiated the day of retribution by the hanging of 14 of the miscreants within a few days. and the Vigilance Committee were in pursuit of all others, and would never stop the good work till they had hung all the othersor driven them from the country. The murderers were headed by one Henry Plummer, the sheriff of Bannock and Virginia —a polished villain that no ono suspected of being engaged in a work which the com munity expected him to be the first to suppress. His deputy, George Lane, was charged with being his lieutenant in the business, and entitled to the same consideration from the Vigilante. The night preceding the day of execution men were picketed around the city, and no one could leave after dusk. In the morning the word was passed up and down the mining gulches that work was on hand ; the shot guns and revolvers were, picked up, and in an hour or so there wero enough of ministers of justice to seo the work put through. Parties were sent in search of the doomed, and they were soon " gathered " or " caroled," and brought to the most convenient place for execution, At Bannock City, five empty dry goods boxes were placed under the beam of an unfinished house, and on these the murderers were assisted to mount, the rope was placed round their necks, and when everything was ready another cord drew the empty box from under them, and there they dangled mid floor and roof to the entertainment of the outraged populace. Sheriff Plummer wanted five minutes to pray; but the Vigilante were busy, and as they possibly thought he might find time after, and as they were busy just then, put him through' sans aroma°. Ono of the murderers, a Spaniard, took refuge in a cabin, and when they attempted to arrest him he killed ono man and badly wounded another. A howitzer was brought out, and tie cabin roof was tumbled about his ears. The populace were terribly mad, and as he appeared he was perfectly riddled with balls. Life not being extinct, they rushed him off to the scaffold, hung hi: - a up hh littia, N ta,r, cat him down and threw him on to the blazing canto, vylf.-;re ha was con sumed," rrAf-' s ' eirSVLIT 4iN HER MAJESTY, • 'WINDSOR CASTLE, March 2 6 . Her Majesty drova in the grounds this moraiggl accompanied by her Royal Highness Prince° Helena. The Qusen, the Ptince and Princess of Vals' and the royal family have honoured Mr. Ge'rge Thomas with sittings for his picture of the Prince of Wales's marriage, which he is now paia tilig6t Windsor Castle. March 2 7 . a Count de Lavradio and the Right Hon. 1 3 - Mrs. Cardwell arrived at the Castle yesterdar. ,„ The royal dinner party consisted of his Al the King of the Belgians, their royal highnes :;estbe i Prince and Princess of Wales, and her B °ls f Hi Aness the Princess Helena, the Countes s Gainsboroagh (Lady in Waiting to the Queen) , the Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Br uce ,: the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Caroline Cavencli s ",; the Portuguese Minister, the Right Hon. E. F°l „ Mrs. Cardwell, Mrs. Ferguson ; Dr. Helzrasi'l Mr. Sahl, General Count de Moerkerke, and P r ; Koepl, in attendance on the King of the Belgiti ne i ; Lord Talbot de Malahide, Col. Hon, A. Lidd eL l , Lord Charles Fitzroy, Col, H. Ponsonby, Li Keppel, Major Eiphinstone, Mr. Buff, and the 34" ter of the Household. Her Majesty the Queen, the King of the Belgiol their Royal Highnesses the Prince and P r incess: l Wales, their Royal Highnesses Princess H elen Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess 136E 1 trice, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, nil the domestic household attended Divine servi& slld morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of WiPa gn : officiated and administered the Sacrament of tnv Holy Communion. The Countess of Gainsborough has succeedue dlY Countess of Cdledon as Lady in Waiting. THE PRINCE OF WALES.— His Royal Hig:b lie ' F f the Prince of Wales attended Divine service ye s t efL t afternoon at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and sat Ode the banner of his late father as Knight of the Gartel banner not having yet been removed from over the s His royal highness was attended by Colonel Keppelf occupied the adjoining stall. 135 5 HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS taken daily walks in the beautiful grounds attached to tb t Castle, and frequently passes through the principal W e , e of Windsor and Eton on foot, unrecognised by the THE KING AND QUEEN OF PORTUGAL are ex ?ec ted at Paris towards the end of this mcnth or the corn ment of April, and they will occupy the Pavilion Mara It is thought that on the occasion of this visit the 0° will pass some time at Fontainebleau. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN has given a jardifile rli valued at 12,000 or 15,000 piastres, to the Empress Etgge lliel as a souvenir. e THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS CLOTILDP SAXE-COBURG with the Archduke Joseph of Austria I CI be celebrated on the 12th of May at Coburg. L The Duke of Rutland and his medical attend ati ,'; Dr. Kingsley, who had been staying in Constantinop lo , ° ; some weeks, sailed lately for Athens. The duke is gre y t 4 improved in health. The Duchess of Hamilton, Lady Mary Ham and Lord Charles Hamilton left Hamilton House, A ton-street, Piccadilly, on Saturday, for Paris. Lord C'h to goes from Paris to Dusseldorf. The Duke of Hs.,Eni l ; s preceded the duchess and family in their arrival in French capital. The Duke of Rissalda has arrived at Civide l Hotel from Paris. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in to Wa °ll ~ Saturday, from visiting his estates in Lancashire. i, marchioness, who is staying at Hatfield House, ge r ,rj comes to town to-morrow, on her way to visit the Ear l Countess Delawarr, at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. of marchioness issu'd cards of invitation on Saturday last' assemblies on the 13th and 20th proximo. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have bees e rr , t er t a ining the Marquis of Cianricarde, Earl artt.t,' vine, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the *ft, quis of Hastings, Colonel the Hon. Henry Forester, 160 Boothby, and Mr. and Lady Agnes Des Vieux, at Eger t Lodge, Melton Mowbray. The circle at present s oli ° there will separate to-day. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby % re receiving a select circle at Grimsthorpe Park, Liac ii; shire. Lord Stanley, M.P., leaves town to-day fo Knowsley Park, Lancashire, for the holidays. tO The funeral of Lord AstiburLon is appointed , 0 take place on Thursday next at the family mausolea° Hants: V e'a go tt B arri it Cli 'scour/ ,angor has ved a Laridg , from Brighton. eit Mr. and Lady Jane Levett have arrived at t k wo, new house in Cromwell-road, from WichnorPark, lg° shire. (410 1 ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. to stone returned to to wn on Saturday, from a v isiS Sir Walter and Lsdy Mary Farquhar, at Polesden 13i4r 1: near Dorking, and proceeded on a visit to the lion. 1,111 ;ill Talbot, at Falconhurst, Edenbridge. Mrs. Gladsta) l° have an evening party on Wednesday, the 6th of the ing month, c oo TIIE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, it appear! seized on Saturday week with very alarming sy101 )t 1 '0. For some hours his life was thought to be in a c r itic:ills:o On Sunday his grace regained his consciousness, ar i b ",,Di the latter part of the day and evening was prc.nounce d decidedly better. In consequence of the very alaro3lo nature of his illness, a telegram was forwarded' to Farlo, the Earl of Lincoln, urging his speedy return to LiolSi l t. and his lordship arrived in town shortly Lefone bpl According to the last report, the noble duke was bettor' very weak. m,--• oole The Duke of Newcastle was so much , esterday as to be able to leave his chamber, and oe l. o o every prospect that in the course of a few days bdo g A will be allowed to remove to the Countess of C4 116 1 ) 0 mansion on Carlton House-terrace, which his g,ro o° oo engaged for the season. The Countess of Lincod rly arrivt.,l from Paris on Wednesday last with her fanLil.9 daily visited the duke since his return. e THE `°CHRISTMAS CAROL," BY CHARLEEut ,og fot that is, the presentation copy of it sold the other (16 /0' £25 10s. during the sale of Mr. Thackeray's librar,Y ) ' llo o scribed "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles Dickens, °. 0 he had made very happy once a long way from ho e ' d" understood, says the London Review, to have been chased for the Queen. THE ARCHBISHOP or ORK.—The Archb ol- 41 7, of York has been paying a visit to his native t e a : io Whitehaven, Cumberland, during the past week. being the first time his grace has been there since his e' e Lion to the archiepiscopal tench, the inhabitants turnec t to do him honour. The Volunteers were drawn up as ag II A T of honour when he went to church, and the clergy churchwardens presented to his.grace an address of e° l/° 1 tulation in the course of the week. The ArchbishOP 10 0 plying to the address, expressed his appreciatior t goodwill evinced by the people, which he said was no °id mon support to a person in his position. The °fac e A iffe duties of a bishop in these times were not free iron, ";)iis culties, and looking at the future, he could not se e those difficulties were likely to be diminished. , RETIREMENT OF SIR F. T. BARING P 11,0,.• fu• LIAMENT.—Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., MY. 4 . 0 11 1 Portsmouth, has announced his intention of retiring ,t " Parliament at the next general election. The 0 11° 4 '0 letter, addressed to A. Nance, Esq., explains Sir 1 170CP reasons for his intended retirement Stratton , 21.—My dear sir,—l address you as chairman of 01 1,, nil mittee at the last election, and wish you would inform' jo' friends and make it generally known that it is not 4' pre' tention to became a candidate on the dissolution of sent Parliament. It is hardly necessary to give p a l ;P e ' suns in detail. No one will feel surprised that I noe face an election contest with the same vigour as done on former occasions, or undertake if elected to P or ts' efficiently the duties which fall on the member for gel' mouth. It is time for rue to retire, and leave t i l dt ioto open to others. I do not expect an immediate diee°7 l and wished to have delayed this announcement It 3ti a 03 0 time for the election approached, and thus have Er re no vf borough the bustle of a long canvass, and all the i' le- fro o niences attending a protracted election contest. 131/t h - e p.af many quarters I hear that an active canvass no 6 4f iesd e begun. It is necessary, therefore, in justice to WY " 00 0 and electors generally, that my intentions should b° 3; elo t —that they may not act under the supposition 'do' should stand again and be taken by surprise when t b o to solution is announced. It is not a proper time f or st i ;oe e issue a farewell address, and I am not sorry to P. ° ll, that duty. My long connection with PortsMel'`foralca friendships, personal and political, which I have dents there, the many kindnesses I have rece ived, the COn' c o , with which I have been honoured for so many Y e t, B o % ei f e f not be forgotten, and will make the tas k painful/ nu safe necessary, when at the dissolution I shall have formal am, my dear sir, you rs very ti l4 ' T. BARING.Iad l i t : CAPTAIN SHERARD OSBORN, C. 8., we are(„„oc tii.d, has been nominated to command the iron-case,,b-910.0 ,nip Royal Sovereign, as under his orders aye maY 1 015 1 that the capabilities of this experimental vessel will b e , tested,—iirmy and Navy Gazette.